This approach to mentoring moves away from the traditional model of mentoring where it is the job of the mentor to fill up the mentee with knowledge to a more collaborative approach with a critical friend – it is about the mentor actively and purposefully shaping learning opportunities in the mentees zone of proximal development.
This page contains a video outlining how Educative Mentoring can be used when mentoring University of Leicester PGCE students. You will also find links to further reading around this mentoring approach.
Educative mentoring (extract from the Phase 1 Primary Teacher Educator Development session):